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| ABC Radio National = Australian public radio network; airs current affairs and culture
| ACE = Acronym for Adverse Childhood Experiences study
| ADHD = Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; neurodevelopmental condition affecting focus and activity
| Adverse Childhood Experiences = Public health framework; links early trauma to later risks
| Amazon Echo = Smart speaker line by Amazon; voice assistant device
| Andrew Barnes = New Zealand entrepreneur; advocate of four-day workweek
| Apple’s Screen Time = Apple feature; tracks device usage and sets limits
| Author Recognition Test = Reading exposure measure; recognizes author names
| Aza Raskin = Technologist and designer; co-founded Center for Humane Technology
| B. J. Fogg’s Persuasive Technology Lab = Stanford research lab on behavior design and technology
| Barbara Demeneix = French biologist; studies endocrine disruptors and brain development
| Barbara Maher = British scientist; researches air pollution and health
| Bayview–Hunters Point = San Francisco neighborhood; noted for environmental and social challenges
| BBC = British public broadcaster; television and radio services
| Bloomingdale’s = American department store chain
| Bloomsbury = British publishing company
| Boston = City in Massachusetts, United States
| Britain = Geographical term for Great Britain; often used for the UK
| Bruce Lanphear = Canadian epidemiologist; studies lead exposure and child health
| Cape Cod = Massachusetts peninsula and tourist region
| Cauca, Colombia = Department in Colombia known for coffee production
| CFCs = Chlorofluorocarbons; ozone-depleting industrial chemicals
| Charles Czeisler = American sleep scientist; Harvard Medical School professor
| Chamath Palihapitiya = Venture capitalist; former Facebook executive
| Chasing the Scream = Nonfiction book by Johann Hari about the war on drugs
| Chrome = Google web browser
| Claremont, California = City in Los Angeles County, United States
| Common Ground = Internal Facebook initiative on reducing divisiveness
| Crown = American publishing imprint of Penguin Random House
| Coutances = Town in Normandy, France
| Dale Pinnock = British nutrition writer and broadcaster
| Derren Brown = British illusionist and mentalist
| Dickens = English novelist; author of classic Victorian literature
| Drew Ramsey = American psychiatrist; advocates nutrition and mental health
| DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; psychiatric classification guide
| Ed Deci = American psychologist; co-developer of self-determination theory
| endocrine-disrupting chemicals = Substances that interfere with hormone systems
| executive function = Cognitive control processes for planning and focus
| Facebook = American social media company
| Financial Times = British business newspaper
| France = Country in Western Europe
| Fuchsian functions = Complex analysis functions related to Fuchsian groups
| Gary Karlson = Teacher mentioned in Let Grow classroom example
| Global Play Day = School initiative promoting unstructured play
| Gmail = Google email service
| Google = American technology company
| Google Nest = Smart home device brand by Google
| Gothenburg = City in Sweden
| Harvard Medical School = Graduate medical school of Harvard University
| Helen Delaney = Management scholar at the University of Auckland
| Henri Poincaré = French mathematician and polymath
| hypervigilance = Heightened threat monitoring state; linked to stress and anxiety
| Instagram = Photo and video social network owned by Meta
| intrinsic motivation = Drive to act for inherent interest or enjoyment
| IQ = Intelligence quotient; cognitive test score
| Isabel Behncke = Chilean primatologist; studies play and social behavior
| James Brown = Magician and performer
| James Li = Geneticist researching behavioral genetics
| James Williams = Former Google strategist; attention and ethics advocate
| Jay Joseph = American psychologist; critic of behavioral genetics assumptions
| Jitterbug = Simple mobile phone brand marketed to older adults
| Joel Nigg = American psychologist; researches ADHD and child attention
| Jonathan Haidt = American social psychologist; studies morality and polarization
| Jonathan Schooler = American psychologist; researches mind-wandering and creativity
| Jonathan Smallwood = Cognitive neuroscientist; studies mind-wandering
| Jordi Sunyer = Spanish epidemiologist; researches air pollution and cognition
| Kevin Systrom = American entrepreneur; co-founded Instagram
| Keith Oatley = Canadian psychologist and novelist; studies fiction and empathy
| Late Night Live = Australian radio program on ABC Radio National
| Lauren Berlant = Cultural theorist; coined “cruel optimism”
| Lead paint = Paint containing lead; neurotoxic exposure risk
| Leiden University Libraries = Dutch academic library system at Leiden University
| Lego = Construction toy brand
| Let Grow = Nonprofit promoting childhood independence and free play
| Lincoln, UK = City in Lincolnshire, England
| London = Capital city of the United Kingdom
| Lost Connections = Nonfiction book by Johann Hari about depression and causes
| Marcus Raichle = American neurologist; identified the brain’s default mode network
| Maryanne Wolf = American scholar of reading and the brain
| Mexico City = Capital of Mexico
| Microsoft Japan = Japanese subsidiary of Microsoft
| Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi = Psychologist; developed the concept of flow
| Mike Krieger = Brazilian-American entrepreneur; co-founded Instagram
| microsleeps = Seconds-long sleep episodes while awake
| Minneapolis = City in Minnesota, United States
| Molly Crockett = Experimental psychologist; studies morality and decision-making
| Mozilla = Open-source software community; created Firefox browser
| Nadine Burke Harris = American pediatrician; focuses on childhood trauma
| Naomi Baron = American linguist; studies digital reading and language
| Nathan Spreng = Cognitive neuroscientist; researches default network and aging
| New York = City in New York State, United States
| New York Times = American newspaper; national daily
| New Zealand = Island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
| Nicholas Carr = American writer on technology and culture
| Nicholas Dodman = Veterinary behaviorist; author on animal behavior
| Nir Eyal = Author and consultant on habit design and attention
| non-Euclidean geometry = Geometry on curved spaces; differs from Euclidean axioms
| OCLC = Global library cooperative; maintains WorldCat catalog
| Oakland = City in California, United States
| Oregon Health & Science University = Public academic health center in Portland
| Oxford = University of Oxford; British research university
| Paul Graham = Programmer and investor; co-founded Y Combinator
| Perpetual Guardian = New Zealand trust and estate services company
| Peter Gray = Psychologist; advocate of free play in education
| Pilgrim Monument = Historic tower in Provincetown, Massachusetts
| Portland = City in Oregon, United States
| pre-commitment = Advance binding strategy to restrict future choices
| Provincetown = Town at the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
| Raymond Mar = Canadian psychologist; studies narrative and social cognition
| recommendation engines = Software systems that suggest items based on data
| Rentokil = Pest control and services company
| Richard Ryan = American psychologist; co-developer of self-determination theory
| right to disconnect = Labor policy limiting after-hours work communication
| Rochester = City in New York State, United States
| Ronald Purser = Management professor; critic of corporate mindfulness
| Rotorua = City in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region
| Roxanne Prichard = Sleep and health researcher; studies student well-being
| San Francisco = City in California, United States
| San Francisco Chronicle = American newspaper based in San Francisco
| San Francisco State University = Public university in San Francisco
| Santa Rosa = City in Sonoma County, California
| Sami Timimi = British child psychiatrist; critic of certain ADHD practices
| Send the Sunshine = Class project app prototype encouraging positive messages
| Shoshana Zuboff = American scholar; coined “surveillance capitalism”
| SNP-based methods = Genetic analysis techniques using single-nucleotide polymorphisms
| Snapchat = Multimedia messaging app
| Stanford = Stanford University; private research university in California
| Stolen Focus = Nonfiction book by Johann Hari on attention and distraction
| style transfer = AI technique applying one image’s style to another
| Sunday Times = British newspaper; weekly national
| Target = American big-box retail chain
| The Irish Times = Irish newspaper; national daily
| The Spectator = British magazine of politics and culture
| The Washington Post = American newspaper; national daily
| theory-of-mind = Ability to attribute mental states to others
| Tony Fadell = American engineer and investor; led iPod development
| Toyota = Japanese automotive manufacturer
| Tristan Harris = Technologist and ethicist; co-founded Center for Humane Technology
| Tufts = Tufts University; private research university in Massachusetts
| Twitter = Social media platform for short messages
| U.S. Federal Trade Commission = U.S. government agency for consumer protection and antitrust
| UK = Abbreviation for the United Kingdom
| Ulysses = Mythic Greek hero; symbol of binding against temptation
| Uma Naidoo = Psychiatrist and nutrition specialist
| United States = Country in North America
| University of Auckland = Public research university in New Zealand
| University of Toronto = Public research university in Canada
| Wall Street Journal = American business newspaper
| William James = American philosopher and psychologist
| Yale = Yale University; private research university in Connecticut
| York University = Public research university in Toronto, Canada
| default mode network = Brain network active during rest and mind-wandering
| attentional blinks = Brief lapses in awareness after detecting a target
| circadian biology = Study of biological rhythms; sleep and wake timing
| The Wall Street Journal = American business newspaper
| #default = Hi reader, have a great day! 😎
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